18 Jun 18

To say last night was rough would be a bit of an understatement. We were never in any real danger of dragging the anchor, but the wind continued to gust about 25 knots until well after midnight and the bow line from “Massilia” was griping and pinging (lots of tension) so much, I was just sure it was either going to part or rip out our forward cleat. Fortunately, neither of those events happened and the wind eventually calmed down a bit after about 02:00 and I was able to get a bit of sleep. After a late breakfast, we listened to the forecast; still a strong wind warning in Johnstone Straight, so we decided to stay put at least one more day. We also decided to relocate deeper in Small Inlet behind and to the east of a couple of small islets, to gain a bit better protection from the gusts and wavelets. Early in the morning, a classic tall ship “Pacific Rose”, former fishing schooner, converted to a sail training ship, pulled into Small Inlet and anchored a few hundred yards away from us, loaded with young kids on a religious retreat. After lunch, we took the dinghies ashore and went for a walk over to Waiatt Bay, which is on the other side of Quadra Island, but only a mile or so, as the crow flies, from our current anchorage. After we got back, I found and repaired the intermittent leak in the forward head that has been annoying us for the last couple of weeks. The pressure from the wash down pump was causing salt-water to leak out at the bayonet fitting on the toilet hand pump. This was repaired by removing the hose, coating the inside of the hose and the outside of the bayonet with dielectric grease, re-installing and really tightening the hose clamps. Then, it was time for a swim in the 65 F water and a relaxing solar shower, before happy hour and dinner aboard - leftover salmon. The wind was much diminished from last night, so we slept much better.

50-15.735’N, 125-16.687’W; Log = 0.2, Sum (2018) = 301.4 N-m